[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shortfall
     n : the property of being an amount by which something is less
         than expected or required syn: deficit, shortage
see also:
deficit shortage 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 moby thesaurus words for "shortfall":
   absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, beggary, decline, defalcation,
   default, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, delinquency,
   deprivation, destitution, drought, failure, falling short, famine,
   imperfection, impoverishment, inadequacy, incompleteness,
   inferiority, insufficiency, lack, need, omission, short measure,
   shortage, shortcoming, slump, starvation, underage, want,
   wantage

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